Mutant Species story

movie: Mutant Species (1995) · 1995-01-19

An army lieutenant is transformed into a mutant monster after becoming exposed to a a biological agent so terrible that the military tried to dump it on the Moon.

14 total · 6 major · 8 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
brother and sister	major	Carol-Anne were minding their own business homesteading on government land together with her teenage brother, Jordie, when they had to suddenly join forces with the army grunt Trotter to stop a rampaging mutant monster.
human vs. monster	major	It was up to Trotter, Carol-Anne, and her little brother Jordie to stop a grotesque mutant monster that was running amok in a remote wooded area.
humanoid mutant	major	Walter Hollinger transformed into a grotesque mutant monster after becoming exposed to a "mutating strain of DNA" that had been developed by the military as a biological weapon.
military related work	major	The story follows the army grunt Trotter as he tries to destroy a mutant monster that is running amok in a remote wooded area. Army Team A was called into a remote wooded area to recover a very dangerous biological agent containing cannister from a rocket which had crashed there. When they failed, Army Team B was sent in to clean up the resulting mess.
military secrecy	major	The film is premised on the notion that the military secretly developed biological agent so dangerous that it had to secretly dumped on the Moon. When the rocket carrying the said biological agent crashed in a remote wooded region, the military covered it up with the help of Senator Roberts.
monster	major	A grotesque mutant monster was running amok in a remote wooded area.
biological weapons	minor	The rocket Icarus was carrying a biological weapon so nasty they tried to send it to the Moon
flying saucer theory of UFOs	minor	An area man was convinced that the military was covering up a flying saucer crash in the woods.
grandfather and granddaughter	minor	A helicopter came out of nowhere to pick up General Devro from his young granddaughter's birthday party.
nuclear weapons	minor	Trotter made a failed attempt to destroy the rampaging mutant monster by exploding it with a neutron bomb. Curiously, the resulting explosion was only large enough to obliterate a small house.